Chapter Summaries

Madara used Wood Release to turn Mimi’s Poison Lake into a forest, but Mimi and her allies countered with giant beetles, barriers, and a freezing storm. Madara survived inside Susanoo, and the four faced him across the frozen forest.

• Madara filled Mimi’s Poison Lake with a vast Wood Release forest, giving him a foothold and control of the terrain.
• Mimi unleashed giant beetles that hollowed out the trees, weakening Madara’s control, while his pollen attack failed to spread.
• Madara covered the forest in flames and smoke, but Mimi enclosed the battlefield in a Barrier and manipulated its airflow to extinguish the fire.
• Mimi and her allies created a blizzard with liquid nitrogen, freezing Madara and damaging his body before he cut through the Barrier with Susanoo.
• Madara emerged in a frost-covered Susanoo, and Mimi, Chiri, Hitomi, and Tsunade stepped out of the Barrier to face him.

Mimi, Tsunade, Hitomi, and Chiri coordinated attacks against Madara’s Susanoo, using shuriken, a liquid-nitrogen explosion, and falling mountains to damage and pressure him. As Madara swung his sword to split a mountain, Hitomi and another figure launched a giant Chakra club at Susanoo.

• Mimi sent Barrier-coated Fuma Shuriken at Madara’s Susanoo while Chiri redirected his Tomoe Jade with lightning-wired kunai.
• Chiri seized control of the Tomoe Jade and sent them back toward Susanoo as Mimi’s shuriken struck its armor.
• Mimi detonated liquid nitrogen sealed inside the Barriers, blasting Susanoo and injuring Madara.
• Chiri dropped a mountain from the clouds, and Madara split it with Susanoo’s sword.
• Chiri summoned a second mountain as Hitomi and another figure rushed Susanoo with a massive Chakra club.

Hitomi and Madara exchanged powerful attacks while a massive mountain descended onto the battlefield. After Madara blasted Hitomi away and withdrew Susanoo, he drilled into the falling mountain as Hitomi plunged toward the poisonous lake below.

• Madara blocked the club, and the clash of Chakra weapons blasted Tsunade away while the mountain pressed Susanoo downward.
• Hitomi dodged Susanoo's attacks and used Thousand Birds: Wild Feather Dance to repeatedly strike its defenses.
• Madara copied Hitomi's air-stepping technique and fought her sword to sword, leaving both bloodied.
• Hitomi unleashed Super Secret Sword: Owl, but Madara repelled it with Shinra Tensei and blasted her away.
• Madara withdrew Susanoo and drilled into the descending mountain while Hitomi dove through the roots into the poisonous lake.
• The mountain crashed down, and Mimi opened her eyes after completing her preparations.

Mimi assembled a vast air cannon from the Winter Storm Chariot and began bombarding Madara’s Susanoo. The barrage continued relentlessly as the mountain shattered beneath it.

• Madara emerged from the shattered mountain and weighed his options as the battle reached a stalemate.
• Hitomi swam ashore, and Tsunade healed her and replenished her Chakra before they prepared to attack together.
• Tsunade created numerous Shadow Clones, but Hitomi stopped her, warning that Mimi was preparing a serious attack.
• Mimi assembled the Winter Storm Chariot into a giant air cannon and aimed its barrels at Madara.
• The cannon fired repeated vortex-ring shock waves that forced Susanoo to its knees, cracked its armor, and blasted apart the mountain.

Mimi’s bombardment overwhelmed Madara’s Susanoo, but Madara used Izanagi to revive after dying. Mimi’s group prepared for a long war of attrition, and the chapter ended as Madara reappeared and Mimi resumed her attack.

• Madara struggled to maintain Susanoo under Mimi’s relentless air shock waves and nearly sank into the Poison Lake.
• Tsunade and Hitomi watched the attack, while Hitomi said she could not endure it for more than ten seconds.
• Chiri detected that Madara’s presence had vanished, and Mimi identified Izanagi as the reason, noting that he had already died once and might have many Sharingan left.
• Chiri proposed using Izanami, but Mimi rejected the plan and reminded the group that their goal was to drive Madara away and teach him a lesson.
• Madara emerged from the void with a blind Sharingan on Hashirama’s face on his chest, and Mimi resumed the bombardment.

Mimi’s air-cannon barrage killed Madara, but he revived with Izanagi and used Wood Clones to overwhelm the targeting system. As Madara and his clones charged toward the Barriers, Chiri saw that another threat was coming.

• Mimi coordinated the Barriers’ Vortex Ring bombardment, and Madara dodged until the barrage covered every route.
• Madara used Shinra Tensei to repel one attack, but the Barriers exhausted their ammunition and could not fire again immediately.
• Hashirama’s eyes activated Izanagi, and the air-cannon barrage crushed Madara to death before he revived unharmed.
• Madara created hundreds of Wood Clones and mixed among them to confuse the Barrier operators.
• After the Barriers reloaded, Madara and his clones charged upward, and Chiri spotted more black dots approaching.

Mimi and Chiri combined their techniques to unleash a barrage, create a thunderstorm, and gather its lightning into a growing sphere as Madara and five Susanoo advanced. Chiri took control of the swelling sphere while rain and flame surrounded her, preparing for the next stage of the attack.

• Mimi transformed the Barriers into giant firing disks and unleashed a storm of Air Bullets against Madara and his clones.
• Madara charged through the barrage with five Susanoo, while Chiri flew above the battlefield and used lightning to activate Mimi's cumulonimbus cloud.
• Tsunade watched the storm with Hitomi and learned that Chiri and Mimi were performing a combination Ninjutsu.
• Mimi's Winter Storm Chariots gathered lightning from the clouds into a sphere that grew to dozens of meters across.
• Chiri told Mimi to release control, then gathered force amid pouring rain and flame as the lightning sphere continued to swell.

Madara and Mimi fought to a standstill as their attacks destroyed the Wood Release Clones and Winter Storm Chariots. Chiri summoned a colossal sun and sent it plunging toward Madara, who acknowledged her as the strongest before the impending blast.

• Madara used Wood Release Clones, Susanoo, and Fire Release to destroy Mimi’s barriers and Winter Storm Chariots, while Mimi’s forces wiped out the clones with a massive steam explosion.
• Mimi lowered her hands and told Chiri that the others had bought her enough time.
• Chiri summoned a gigantic sun in the sky, leaving Madara stunned by its power.
• Mimi warned Hitomi and Tsunade that the sun would explode and urged them to run from its lethal heat.
• Madara laughed and declared Chiri the strongest as she guided the sun downward with lightning and spread wings of flame.

Chiri outmaneuvered Madara with supersonic speed while leading him away from the enormous lightning sphere she had created. Madara chased her in anger as the sphere struck the ground behind him, and Chiri continued drawing it onward.

• Chiri accelerated past the five Susanoo and evaded Madara's Shinra Tensei, proving that he could not keep up with her speed.
• The lightning sphere engulfed and melted the five Susanoo despite their attempts to absorb it with the Preta Path's Sealing Technique Absorption Seal.
• Madara restored his eyes with Hashirama's face and pursued Chiri as the lightning sphere closed in behind him.
• The lightning sphere struck the ground, vaporizing earth and lake water while lightning set trees ablaze.
• Chiri taunted Madara to keep running and flew ahead, intermittently accelerating as she guided the lightning sphere after him.

Mimi, Hitomi, and Tsunade fled the frozen forest as animals across the region sensed a growing threat, while the Third Hokage learned that Uchiha Setsuna had escaped prison. Madara finally unleashed Super Shinra Tensei against the enormous sun, and its expanding blast caught both him and Chiri.

• Mimi, Hitomi, and Tsunade ran from the frozen area and worried about Chiri escaping the coming explosion.
• Animals throughout the village panicked as the abnormal magnetic disturbance spread, and the Third Hokage ordered civilians toward open areas and a squad to pursue Uchiha Setsuna.
• Madara grew exhausted from copying Hitomi's air-stepping technique and stopped running from the enormous sun.
• Chiri used a Sound Barrier to transform into a Fire Meteor and flee at full speed, prompting Madara to shout that she should not escape.
• Madara unleashed Super Shinra Tensei, shattering the sun as the expanding light and shockwave engulfed him and caught up with Chiri.

Mimi, Tsunade, and Hitomi survived the initial blast of a devastating explosion by shielding themselves underground, but radiation and heat left them severely burned. As they fled the destruction, Mimi collapsed, and Tsunade carried her while pursuing the barely conscious Hitomi.

• Mimi, Tsunade, and Hitomi were caught in the explosion's lethal radius and suffered burns and radiation exposure.
• Mimi dug an underground shelter while Tsunade protected and healed the three, and they endured the shock wave below ground.
• After the shock wave passed, Mimi warned that they remained in danger and organized their escape from the explosion's center.
• Tsunade smashed through the soil, and the three women emerged and ran through the burning, devastated landscape.
• Hitomi struggled onward with severe burns and failing vision, while Tsunade's healing could not stop her injuries from worsening.
• Mimi collapsed during their flight, and Tsunade lifted her onto her back and charged toward Hitomi.

A massive explosion at the Valley of the End devastated the area, but Uchiha Madara survived by using Izanagi. Still suffering continuous invisible damage, he faced Chiri, who had returned to keep him trapped in the deadly wasteland and finish him.

• The Third Hokage ordered Anbu to investigate the Valley of the End, guard the borders, and search for Tsunade and the others after the explosion shook the village.
• Uchiha Madara resurrected after delaying Izanagi through the blast, then discovered that an invisible force was continuously damaging him.
• Madara tried to leave for the Land of Water, but Chiri returned on a Fire Meteor and confronted him.
• Chiri explained that Madara had used up his chance to resurrect again soon and could not escape death while trapped in the lethal wasteland.
• Chiri challenged Madara to a final battle, and he accepted her as his dance partner.

After recovering from the explosion, Mimi learned that the blast had caused radioactive contamination and sent Tsunade and Hitomi back to the village to warn everyone. Mimi stayed behind with Hitomi to search for Chiri and deal with the fallout.

• Tsunade treated Mimi until she woke, then Mimi made Tsunade treat the unconscious Hitomi.
• Mimi sent her insect swarm to search for Chiri near Madara's transferred Tengai Shinsei, but found no sign of her.
• When Hitomi regained consciousness, Mimi told Tsunade to take her back to the village and explained the explosion's dangers and radioactive contamination.
• Mimi summoned Nano Kikaichu over her body, agreed to let Hitomi stay, and ordered Tsunade to return to the village alone.

After Mimi identified the explosion’s radioactive Chakra as a source of dangerous pollution, she sent Summer Red Soldiers toward Chiri and warned the village to take shelter. Black snow began causing people to collapse and decay, and the chapter ended with Yui and the Aburame clan mobilizing their insects to clear it.

• Mimi determined that the explosion had produced unstable Chakra particles whose radiation could persist for seven years, and suspected Chiri had used Izanagi.
• Mimi sent swarms of Summer Red Soldiers toward the explosion’s center to search for Chiri.
• Mimi’s Kiyanchū warned the village to enter the Underground Shelter, and the Third Hokage ordered an emergency evacuation after noticing black dust in the air.
• Black snow caused villagers’ flesh to peel away and people to collapse, and the Third Hokage ordered the Barrier Team to open the barrier.
• Yui rallied the Aburame clan to collect every speck of snow dust as their Kikaichū swarmed through the village.

Madara and Chiri fought a brutal, close-range battle, each using lightning and refusing to yield. They collapsed after piercing each other’s chests, and Madara’s laughter faded as Chiri stopped breathing, while the real contest was only beginning.

• Madara and Chiri charged at each other and exchanged wounds in a contest of strength, with Chiri blasting Madara with Fire Release and Madara dispersing the flames with Shinra Tensei.
• Madara and Chiri traded insults as they clashed blades, cutting into each other’s hands and shoulders.
• Madara and Chiri used lightning to sever each other’s arms, then punched through each other’s chests.
• Madara told Chiri she was the only Uchiha brat he found tolerable, and Chiri replied that he was the Uchiha she hated most.
• Madara and Chiri collapsed, exchanged final remarks about their dance, and Chiri stopped breathing as Madara’s laughter faded.

Mimi sent Slug to search for Chiri and tasked Orochimaru with mass-producing radiation-testing devices as the crisis continued. Meanwhile, Tsunade arrived at an overwhelmed underground shelter and summoned Slug to help treat the wounded.

• Mimi realized Shadow Clones and other clones could approach the radiation source, but since she only knew Insect Clone, she summoned Slug and sent her divided Slugs to find Chiri.
• Mimi brought Orochimaru to a device containing Solid Chakra and ordered him to mass-produce testing machines using a Sealing Technique.
• Orochimaru agreed to make as many devices as needed and left to begin work.
• Doctors struggled to treat the wounded in the underground shelter as patients' conditions worsened and the injured continued to arrive.
• Tsunade rushed into the shelter, demanded a report, and summoned Slug to divide and assist with the wounded.

Tsunade treated more than a thousand people suffering from mysterious burns, while Mimi explained that contamination had damaged their genes and that Chakra Seeds could help repair them. Tsunade agreed to distribute Chakra in secret and take responsibility for the villagers’ changes, while Mimi planned to prepare medicine in her name.

• Tsunade used her Chakra and the Slugs to treat the injured, while medical staff continued caring for the patients.
• Mimi told Tsunade to remove contaminated clothing and explained that floating ash from the explosion was causing the burns to worsen.
• Mimi explained that the contamination damaged the villagers’ genes and that they would die within a week unless their genes were repaired using Chakra Seeds.
• Tsunade agreed to secretly give Chakra to everyone and conceal the plan from the Third Hokage and the Ninja Clans.
• Mimi said she would make the medicine and release it in Tsunade’s name.

Mimi explained how Chakra-based gene repair could use similar genetic records as templates, potentially altering a person's traits. Hitomi's damaged eye genes were being repaired, and a tiny black speck briefly appeared in her Byakugan before Mimi returned to her laboratory work.

• Mimi reasoned that damaged genes might be repaired using genetic data recorded in Chakra, but similar sequences could cause unintended changes.
• Mimi realized Hitomi's damaged eye genes could draw on records of other eye lineages, potentially changing her Byakugan into another dojutsu.
• Mimi asked Hitomi whether she felt unwell, and Hitomi said she was fine despite not looking directly at Mimi.
• Mimi saw a tiny black speck appear briefly in Hitomi's Byakugan, warned her to report any discomfort, and continued working in the village laboratory with an Insect Clone and Kikaichū.

As Konoha dealt with the aftermath of the disaster, the Third Hokage concluded that Uchiha Madara was behind the crisis and reconsidered the village’s policies. In the underground shelter, the Hyuga patriarch ordered his clan to grow stronger, while Uchiha Fugaku’s grandfather reminded him that Chiri’s abilities were beyond ordinary Uchiha.

• The Third Hokage reviewed the destruction and village expenses, then concluded that Madara had obstructed Mimi’s team and was stirring conflict among the Five Great Nations.
• Mito sheltered Nawaki underground and tried to reassure herself that Mimi and the others could survive their fight with Madara.
• Hyuga Ten-nin woke and told Fumihito to open the clan’s secret techniques to the Branch Family and teach clan members Medical Ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked his grandfather about learning Chiri’s signature genjutsu, but his grandfather told him that Chiri’s talents could not be treated like those of other Uchiha.

Blind and nearly out of Chakra, Chiri revealed that she had trapped Madara with a Contract Seal that blocked him from summoning the Sharingan he needed to revive. Madara and Chiri prepared to fight to the death, with Chiri determined to protect the people she cherished.

• Madara claimed Chiri had already lost because she could no longer see or use Izanagi, but Chiri insisted her greater pride would let her win.
• Chiri warned Madara not to rely on his borrowed eyes and questioned how much Chakra he had left.
• Madara tried to summon the Sharingan he had seized, but Chiri's Contract Seal disrupted the technique and prevented his revival.
• Madara realized Chiri would fight to stop him from removing the seal, and he challenged her to endure his full-power assault.
• Chiri told Madara she fought to protect her treasured people, and they charged at each other amid roaring thunder.